Beds for Olympic Athletes Were Not Designed for COVID-19 Concerns
by Sydney Schaedel
Jul 23, 2021
5 minutes
SciCheck Digest
Participants in the 2020 Olympic Games will be subject to many COVID-19 rules. But social media posts and a news report falsely claim athletes will be sleeping on specially made, flimsy “anti-sex beds” to prevent intimacy and COVID-19 infection. The beds were designed before the pandemic and can bear more than 400 pounds, the mattress company said.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is transmitted from person to person, “most likely” when in close contact, within about 6 feet of one another. Scientists suspect the transmission is similar to how influenza is spread,
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